The lodging barometer released Wednesday by the Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association anticipates 9,100 visitors will spend the night here Saturday. That compares with the 2011 forecast that called for 7,900 visitors with 9,600 actually coming to town.

If that same bounce is realized this weekend, Steamboat could be up 21 percent to 11,000 visitors Saturday. Last weekend on Aug. 25, without any major tourism related events, Steamboat’s visitation grew by 1,300 late arrivals.

The gap in bookings for this weekend is in mountain condominiums, which are expected to be at least 40 percent full. Other types of lodging properties are apt to be more than 90 percent full by the time the weekend comes around, according to the barometer. U.S. Highway 40 motels already were 90 percent full at the time the barometer was released, with mountain hotels at 87 percent and downtown lodging properties at 82 percent. Overall, the forecast is for 61 percent of available beds to be occupied.